®Planning appeal decision
Larch Cottage, Main Road, Littleton, SO22 6QS
replacement of existing agricultural barn with a single detached 4-bedroom self-build house
- Authority
- Winchester City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- O'Doherty A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for new housing, with particular regard to the settlement strategy for the area
What decided it
The proposal's location in the countryside outside the settlement boundary conflicts fundamentally with the Council's spatial strategy as established in Policies DS1 and MTRA 4 of the JCS, and this conflict with an up-to-date development plan was not outweighed by the material considerations advanced in support.
The conflict with the development plan and spatial strategy, given significant weight, was not outweighed by the modest to moderate benefits of self-build housing, energy efficiency, heritage preservation, and other considerations, particularly given the Council's demonstrated 5-year housing land supply
Framework references: 15, 80, 105, 78, 56, 28
Plan policies cited: Policy MTRA 4, Policy MTRA 3, Policy DS1, Policy CP18, Policy DM5, Policy DM11, Policy DM12, Policy DM16, Policy DG9
Judgments cited: Hibbitt v SSCLG [2016] EWHC 2853; Zurich Assurance v North Lincolnshire Council; Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) v SSCLG; Westminster CC v Great Portland Estates (1985)
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.